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I would say my favorite part of working at Harpoon is getting to give people an experience. I've experienced that over the years and for me, it's very unique compared to other places for sure. It creates a very big community feeling here. It’s awesome, because we care about our jobs and we care about the work we do and we're invested-literally and figuratively-in this company. That’s a super cool part of Harpoon and what I think separates us from other places. We have our employee stock ownership program, where every full-timer is given stock in the company without having to invest their own money. We are an employee owned company, which is really cool. They acquired this location in Vermont in 2000 (we've just celebrated 20 years last year!) They basically just wanted to share good times with good people. Rachel: “Harpoon was established in 1986 by three guys who I think were friends in college and wanted to drink good beer and share it with their friends and family. What’s your favorite part? What’s your least favorite part? What do you look forward to? Tell me a little bit about the brewery you work at. And so, I'm still here and who really knows what’s going to happen, but I love working at Harpoon.”
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I mean, I'd done a bunch of odd jobs around here, but that was a cool solidifying factor for me. So that was a really cool twist of events that I didn't expect from the brewery. I filled in there for her, since I have a biology major from school. The microbiologist was pregnant, so she had her maternity leave. And then I actually just did a stint up in the quality lab. For example, we would do little wedding parties and stuff, pre-COVID. I graduated in 2018 and tried to leave Harpoon a couple of times to go serve at a different restaurant, but I always found myself back here and eventually became a server. It trickled from there and I ended up coming back every summer. I went in and interviewed, and got a position as the retail/register person! My friend's mom used to work at Harpoon as a server, and she was kind of like, “Oh, I wonder if Harpoon is hiring.” She ended up emailing her old boss, and they actually were hiring for the summer. When I had come back to the States, I was very poor and needed a summer job. Rachel: “So I finished my junior year of college and went abroad. Tell me about your journey in the beer industry.